The Lady of the Rivers, Philippa Gregory
The Lady of the Rivers, Philippa Gregory
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The Lady of the Rivers

Author: Philippa Gregory

Narrator: Bianca Amato

Unabridged: 19 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/18/2011

Synopsis

#1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory brings to life the story of Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, a woman of passion and of legend who navigated a treacherous path through the battle lines in the War of the Roses to bring her family unimaginable power.

When the young and beautiful Jacquetta is married to the older Duke of Bedford, English regent of France, he introduces her to a mysterious world of learning and alchemy. Her only friend in the great household is the duke’s squire Richard Woodville, who is at her side when the duke’s death leaves her a wealthy young widow. The two become lovers and marry in secret, returning to England to serve at the court of the young King Henry VI, where Jacquetta becomes a close and loyal friend to his new queen.

The Woodvilles soon achieve a place at the very heart of the Lancaster court, though Jacquetta has visions of the growing threat from the people of England and the danger of their royal York rivals. Jacquetta fights for her king and queen, as she sees an extraordinary and unexpected future for her daughter Elizabeth: a change of fortune, the white rose of York, and the throne of England…

About Philippa Gregory

English born author, Philippa Gregory, received her degree in History from the University of Sussex, followed by a PhD in 18th century literature from the University of Edinburgh. Along the journey of her education, she discovered that she had an uncommon interest in the Tudor period. Using her history background, she first wrote The Other Boleyn Girl, which to her credit, was made into a TV drama, and followed by a major film.

Gregory has put much of her effort and personal money into a 20 year old charity that she founded. It is Gardens for The Gambria, that teaches school children to plant market gardens which are irrigated by the almost 200 wells that the author has funded. She is also a patron of The UK Chagos Support Association, a displaced people in the Indian Ocean.

Gregory was selected as the 2008 Edinburgh University Alumna of the Year. She lives with her family on a small farm in Yorkshire.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Manda on 2012-01-25 18:08:19

The book is most interesting in the beginning. A young girl has some very very limited psychic abilities. She marries a very important man who wants to use her abilities to determine the course of the English/French war. Unfortunately, the book goes slowly down hill from there. Her psychic abilities never develop into anything very useful. She starts having kids, lots and lots of kids, and the story starts to meander and lose focus. The ending is disappointing and isnt decisive. The book just kind of ends.

Goodreads review by James on May 05, 2017

I have been fascinated by the Tudors and Plantagenets most of my life. I knew the various kings and queens, as well as how they ascended to the throne. But to focus on all the women behind the scenes and then in front of the scenes was a fantastic approach. Definitely will continue this series. The s......more

Goodreads review by Sean Barrs on February 15, 2016

I’ve always had a love hate relationship with Philippa Gregory. Sometimes she does what she does extraordinarily well, and sometimes she writes crap like this. I really struggled with this one. I just found Jacquetta’s story SO uninteresting. When I was reading it I couldn’t help but wonder how......more

Goodreads review by Anniebananie on April 30, 2018

Ich bin durchweg positiv überrascht! Aufgrund vieler Videos und Fotos zum Thema #makehistossexyagain in letzter Zeit hab ich mir letzten einfach mal "blind" die Mutter der Königin zugelegt. Ohne zu wissen um was es geht und jaaaaa ich bin auch nicht unbedingt sehr bewandert in der Geschichte der Rose......more

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